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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1282849" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>I have not had the need to check this before, but I agree that the JPG thumbnails created from the recorded files have a header that contains the string "PNG". Very strange <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />. It does not seem to cause a problem for MP, although it might do for other tools that require the file header to be consistent with the file extension.</p><p></p><p>Why is it like this? One might speculate that MP started using JPG files, but at some later time because of the threats of demanding royalties from software that uses JPGs, MP switched to using PNGs. But there were by then already MP skins that had hard-coded JPG as the extension, so the solution of creating a PNG but with a file extension of JPG was adopted.</p><p></p><p></p><p>These channel logos do not appear by default -- you have to set up your system to use them. The logos reside in the "MediaPortal" folder, and not in the "TV Server" folder, so rescanning your channels would not have deleted the logos. If the logos are not appearing, that can be caused by the channel names being different. Look at these folders to see if the logos are present:</p><p></p><p>C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Thumbs\TV\Logos\</p><p>C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Thumbs\Radio\</p><p></p><p>If these folders are empty, simply download a logo package and copy TV logos to the TV folder, and radio logos to the radio folder (this is what I did). Alternatively, there is I think a plugin for handling channel logos, but I have not used it, so you will need to investigate that for yourself.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1282849, member: 141969"] I have not had the need to check this before, but I agree that the JPG thumbnails created from the recorded files have a header that contains the string "PNG". Very strange :confused:. It does not seem to cause a problem for MP, although it might do for other tools that require the file header to be consistent with the file extension. Why is it like this? One might speculate that MP started using JPG files, but at some later time because of the threats of demanding royalties from software that uses JPGs, MP switched to using PNGs. But there were by then already MP skins that had hard-coded JPG as the extension, so the solution of creating a PNG but with a file extension of JPG was adopted. These channel logos do not appear by default -- you have to set up your system to use them. The logos reside in the "MediaPortal" folder, and not in the "TV Server" folder, so rescanning your channels would not have deleted the logos. If the logos are not appearing, that can be caused by the channel names being different. Look at these folders to see if the logos are present: C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Thumbs\TV\Logos\ C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Thumbs\Radio\ If these folders are empty, simply download a logo package and copy TV logos to the TV folder, and radio logos to the radio folder (this is what I did). Alternatively, there is I think a plugin for handling channel logos, but I have not used it, so you will need to investigate that for yourself. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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